Develop Better Shipping Plans

6. Determine where various methods and plans fit into your strategy. Small-package carriers, LTL, truck load, air freight, consolidators and USPS: Where do they fit into your strategy? Can you leverage inbound and outbound strategies with the carriers?

7. Integrate electronically with your carriers. Today, carriers expect you to interface electronically to their systems. If you don’t, it can get expensive in terms of errors, delays and carrier costs.